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[HOWTO][ROOT/CWM] Rooting the 04-29-11 HTC Update[FROYO]

EDIT: You can also just flash THIS by attn1 to accomplish the same goal.
The update for 1.84 for the Inspire 4G was released on 4-29-2011 as an OTA update. It WILL NOT RUN on rooted ROMs.
Things I have personally observed about this ROM:
Quick. Seems to respond very well to input, no real hesitations. I won't tell you quadrant scores because they are useless.
GPS WORKS! Exceptionally well. 3-6 FOOT accuracy. The highest TTL I have seen is 17s.
Fast. HSUPA is working well, 1.3mbps up. I hit 6mbps down on a regular basis with this ROM. YMMV, of course. But it works great here in North Texas.
Third party non market Apps install. Yes, you read that right. There is no selector to turn it on or off, though. They work for me. YMMV.
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE, COMPUTER, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, OR PETS.
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Prerequisites:
S-Off HTC Inspire 4G with microSD card inserted (HOW TO thanks to attn1)
RUU to stock 2.2.1 v1.80 (Located here thanks to cmstlist)
Gingerbreak v1.2 (From Chainfire) loaded on your SD Card
The OTA update note: place in /sdcard/download. This method is untested.
Sideload Wonder Machine if install of Gingerbreak does not work.
A valid Wi-Fi connection
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Follow these steps to achieve a rooted 2.2.1 v1.84 stock ROM
1. RUU your phone to stock following instructions provided in the above thread using the pd98img.zip method, NOT THE .EXE!
2. Boot phone, don't bother adding any accounts or setting anything but a wifi connection up.
3. Go to Settings, choose AT&T Software Update, then choose HTC Wi-Fi Software Update.
4. Download and install
5. Boot phone into updated stock ROM.
6. Install Gingerbreak v1.2 and run it. It will crash HTC Sense launcher, force close it, then you will see an error saying it could not reboot phone. Reboot manually using power button. If it gives you a weird error on boot such as a picture of a phone and a red mark, pull the battery then reboot.
7. ROOT! Yes, you now have root. Verify superuser.apk is in your app drawer, then I strongly recommend installing busybox from the market.
8. Install ROM Manager from the market and flash ClockworkMod Recovery. I have had no issues with 3.0.2.6.
That's it, done! I have had a couple small FC's from SU when first granting permissions to an app, to fix it open the actual superuser app then go back to the offending program. Once granted permissions this should not occur anymore.
I hope this helps!
If I missed anyone in the thanks above it was purely unintentional. PM me and I will correct the oversight.

I think you mean 3rd party apps is enabled? Not slideload.
Great job with the guide.
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I'm on stock Rom and can't get.the update
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kirk123 said:
I think you mean 3rd party apps is enabled? Not slideload.
Great job with the guide.
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Eh, either way. Install isn't blocked anymore and that is all that matters. I think we all owe Amazon some thanks.
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XAviierG said:
I'm on stock Rom and can't get.the update
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It may not have rolled out for everyone yet. You can try placing the update file, not renamed, in /sdcard/download then run the update.
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so lemme get this straight, AT&T finally enabled the ability to install apps that are not from the market?
Or am I just seeing things and mis understanding.

Konner920 said:
so lemme get this straight, AT&T finally enabled the ability to install apps that are not from the market?
Or am I just seeing things and mis understanding.
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No, you are not misunderstanding. Third party non market app installs work.
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How do you manually install this file? I already downloaded it and moved it to the download folder under my SD card.
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jhester1967 said:
How do you manually install this file? I already downloaded it and moved it to the download folder under my SD card.
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As I said that method is untested, try the check for updates step and see if it thinks it is a previously downloaded update that wasn't installed.
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Now when I press att check for update it tells me I have to wait a day before I can try again.
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jhester1967 said:
Now when I press att check for update it tells me I have to wait a day before I can try again.
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You can always set your date a day ahead when you go to check again. At least we know that doesn't work.
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jhester1967 said:
Now when I press att check for update it tells me I have to wait a day before I can try again.
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a little "birdie" told me that at&t is rolling this out to 10K users a day for the first three days, then evaluating the results and - assuming all goes well - will bump up to 25K-50K users on 5/2, and then 50K users a day until done beginning 5/3 or 5/4. don't know for sure, though, if this is why you're having to wait for 1 more day.

i have the update, where do you go to let it install non market apps? i tried downloading the amazon app store thingy but it still says install blocked.

tonyb81 said:
i have the update, where do you go to let it install non market apps? i tried downloading the amazon app store thingy but it still says install blocked.
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Hmm, did you already have s-off before updating?
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id10terrordfw said:
You can always set your date a day ahead when you go to check again. At least we know that doesn't work.
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If you downloaded the update prior going back to stock Un-rooted, then you need to either format you SD card or use another one. When I went back to stock, the update didn't show up for me, but as soon as I changed my SD card, the OTA came right up after I prompted for an update.

id10terrordfw said:
Hmm, did you already have s-off before updating?
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Nah I was s on when I did the update.
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Has anyone tried to install the updated rom on a stock rooted rom like this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965634
Any luck?

I wouldn't much worry about updating to this if your phone is rooted. Soon enough someone will have a rooted and CWR Flashable version of this. With so many good roms and Devs here I assume it wont be long.

tonyb81 said:
Nah I was s on when I did the update.
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I think that is the difference maker. Hence why s-off is listed as a prerequisite.
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enewman17 said:
I wouldn't much worry about updating to this if your phone is rooted. Soon enough someone will have a rooted and CWR Flashable version of this. With so many good roms and Devs here I assume it wont be long.
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I know I am already working on one.
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Urge Everyone to Read

http://www.AndroidPolice.com/2011/1...e-numbers-gps-sms-emails-addresses-much-more/
Update: 10/4
http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...ncoming/&category=classic&icid=eng_latest_art
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Wow. That is frightening. Nexus Prime can't come soon enough. Glad I'm running CM7 on my Thunderbolt. That's a major security issue.
Good post, OP.
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Use Titanium Backup to uninstall "HTCLoggers apk"
Done!
Thanks for the heads up though.
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Will uninstalling htcloggers affect anything negatively?

nowetdio said:
Will uninstalling htcloggers affect anything negatively?
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I have uninstalled it already and haven't seen any changes in performance or behavior. I'll post tomorrow night after a full day's use to give a report. But in all honesty I don't think its going to show any problems. You can always use Titanium Backup to back up the apk before you uninstall it that way if you do have problems, you can reinstall it.
EDIT: its labeled in TB as :
HTC Loggers 3.1.gingerbread.GRJ22.mecha
EDIT 2: This issue is on Sense ROMs only. If you are running an AOSP ROM, you are in the clear.
EDIT 3: If your still running Froyo Sense (not sure why you are) it may or may not be in there. Some people have stated that this is a Sense based Gingerbread issue only but since I can't confirm it yet, don't take my word.
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nowetdio said:
Will uninstalling htcloggers affect anything negatively?
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People's ability to track you at their will?

Would it be possible to develop a non-rooted method of fixing this. A firewall?

Thanks for the heads up!
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Realitydigg said:
Would it be possible to develop a non-rooted method of fixing this. A firewall?
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No.
Quote from website:
"Patching the vulnerability is not possible without either root or an update from HTC."
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Alternatively, you can just re-name HTCloggers.apk - to HTCloggers.bak, .xxx, .del, etc. with root or es explorer.

baronmxc said:
No.
Quote from website:
"Patching the vulnerability is not possible without either root or an update from HTC."
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I understand that currently there is no fix without root or a patch. I was wondering if it would be possible to develop a firewall for the phone that would block it

Will freezing the apk work just as well or do we have to uninstall it completely?

Realitydigg said:
I understand that currently there is no fix without root or a patch. I was wondering if it would be possible to develop a firewall for the phone that would block it
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No, because it would involve needing things that require root. Unless you have some sort of magical way to mess with iptables and install it on your phone or edit the host file without having write access to the system.

I am running a mostly stock MR2 (MR2 rooted and deodexed but NOT debloated) ROM and couldn't find it. The POC app also says connection refused. I checked with both es file explorer and titanium backup but did not find anything either.

nl3142 said:
I am running a mostly stock MR2 (MR2 rooted and deodexed but NOT debloated) ROM and couldn't find it. The POC app also says connection refused. I checked with both es file explorer and titanium backup but did not find anything either.
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I think it's gingerbread only (the OTA).

yareally said:
No, because it would involve needing things that require root. Unless you have some sort of magical way to mess with iptables and install it on your phone or edit the host file without having write access to the system.
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You beat me to it.... iptables requires support to be compiled into the kernel. Without root, you ain't touching the kernel nor replacing it with one that has the necessary support.

Phoenix111 said:
Will freezing the apk work just as well or do we have to uninstall it completely?
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You could freeze the apk. Make sure you guys get rid of the com.htc.loggers folder in /data/data.

yareally said:
I think it's gingerbread only (the OTA).
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Yeah I don't see it either, Root Explorer nor Titanium Backup Pro showed it. I have stock (rooted, albeit) Froyo.
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n0yxl said:
You could freeze the apk. Make sure you guys get rid of the com.htc.loggers folder in /data/data.
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Just rooted the over the air GB today. I froze the HTClogger 3.1 . there isn't anything in the /data directory. I am using ES Explorer. Any ideas?

worwig said:
Just rooted the over the air GB today. I froze the HTClogger 3.1 . there isn't anything in the /data directory. I am using ES Explorer. Any ideas?
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It's there, go to /data/data/com.htc.loggers

Market's not working

Hello everyone!
Here's my problem: my motorola defy is running CM 7.1.0 and up to wednesday i had no problems at all... now the android market is not working anymore and i dont know why... when i try to download or update any app it stops and a message pops up saying an error occurred with the market process...
I tried downgrading the market apk, wiping data and cache and even reinstalling the market itself and the whole gapps package... none of them worked and honestly i dont know what else to try... i'd rather avoid an hard reset but i'm starting to think it's the only option left...
Please, help me!
If there is any info i forgot to give tell me and i'll try to complete the description...
Thank you for helping!
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Have you tried using the old market (by uninstalling the updates)?

Yes...
I downgraded it and i even tried installing the old market directly from the apk...
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you can search xda.I think i saw somewhere a new market version (3.?)give it a shot

I have the new version of Market on the desire Z, its rooted and had CM7 on it, but since the update to 3.x it´s so slow....it take some times 5-10 minutes to download a app...is there any possibility to make the new market faster...because compared to the old one it was always laggier and slower, on my phone with every rom....

I tried 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6... none of them works...
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have u tried an other rom or to reinstall it,with full wipe?

time87 said:
I tried 3.3, 3.5 and 3.6... none of them works...
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There is no 3.5 and 3.6 (as yet at least).

Sorry... 3.1.5 and 3.1.6
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Theonew said:
Have you tried using the old market (by uninstalling the updates)?
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Did u mean the 2.x version?
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time87 said:
Did u mean the 2.x version?
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Yes, that's what I meant.

Can't fix permissions completely

I'm really sorry if this is a repost but I searched for a while and never found a solution.
When I fix permissions in rom manager it hangs around 100. Tried 3 or 4 different ics rooms now and all do the same thing.
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Seeing as how you've pretty much eliminated it being a specific ROM. I would try uninstalling rom manager. Reinstall. Then flash touch CWM again. idk that's what I would try.

Flashed cwm and reinstalled rom manager still hung up
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What file is it hanging on? Is 100 the same every time?
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Have you tried installing busy box (stephen erickson) app from the Play Store? It's worked on the Sky ICS ROM based off the latest leak.

hollywood74 said:
Have you tried installing busy box (stephen erickson) app from the Play Store? It's worked on the Sky ICS ROM based off the latest leak.
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Agreed you need to make sure busy box is installed
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Sometimes roms already come with busybox installed. However, they need to be updated/reinstalled in order for fix permissions to work. Usually that does the job. If not, try reflashing the rom and make sure you follow the dev's instructions thoroughly.
If your rom comes with busybox. Go to your apps, there should be a busybox installer app in there. Click on it and click install
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*system error* said:
What file is it hanging on? Is 100 the same every time?
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hollywood74 said:
Have you tried installing busy box (stephen erickson) app from the Play Store? It's worked on the Sky ICS ROM based off the latest leak.
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mr_clean5953 said:
Agreed you need to make sure busy box is installed
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AlonB. said:
Sometimes roms already come with busybox installed. However, they need to be updated/reinstalled in order for fix permissions to work. Usually that does the job. If not, try reflashing the rom and make sure you follow the dev's instructions thoroughly.
If your rom comes with busybox. Go to your apps, there should be a busybox installer app in there. Click on it and click install
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Thanks all. It solved my issue here too.

[Q] Fix Permissions take long?

How long does fix permissions take to run in rom manager? Just flashed sky ice 4.2f and someone said to run fix permissions and its said just that for 30 min now.

I have about 50 apps and it takes about 1 minute and a bit.
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It just says fixing permissions and I let it set like that for over a hour. I just backed out guess its not working.

soonermagic said:
It just says fixing permissions and I let it set like that for over a hour. I just backed out guess its not working.
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Make sure you have busy box installed!
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This ^^^
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I ditched rom manager a long time ago. Use recovery to fix permissions:thumbup:
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cdshepherd said:
I ditched rom manager a long time ago. Use recovery to fix permissions:thumbup:
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thought that method didnt work plus sean specifically states to use rom manager and since its seans rom he should follow seans op.
the problem the op is having is he doesnt have busybox properly installed

I followed the steps, I installed busybox when I was supposed too.

Use whichever you like. There's more than one way to skin a cat
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soonermagic said:
I followed the steps, I installed busybox when I was supposed too.
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what is rm doing for 30min, what was its last message, open su and clear the apps it has listed, try updating/clear caches of rm, reinstall busybox, if all else fails, read my sig and start over

vincom said:
thought that method didnt work plus sean specifically states to use rom manager and since its seans rom he should follow seans op.
the problem the op is having is he doesnt have busybox properly installed
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I've had problems with fix permissions in RM, too. Read somewhere in XDA that it's different in CWM than in RM. I've used a script in Rom Toolbox Pro and it shows the same type of log I see in RM, but goes faster. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't RM's fp just a script anyway?
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Thanks Seanz!

I had the same problem and it is a busybox problem. Go to the play store and type in busybox and download the one from the dev stericson I think its version 1.21 and install it. When I did that I had no more problems
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garydv2002 said:
I had the same problem and it is a busybox problem. Go to the play store and type in busybox and download the one from the dev stericson I think its version 1.21 and install it. When I did that I had no more problems
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Yup
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If you've changed rom's and restored your apps from backups created while running other rom's, often that will screw everything up.
Try fresh installing all your apps from the Google Play store, or try deleting the app data and caches on whatever apps seem to be halting ROM Manager while fixing permissions.

Had the same issue of permission fix hanging forever, but Busybox install seemed to resolve it.
But my intend of fixing the permission was to get rid of the warning message that I get after a reboot:
"System UIDs Inconsistent"
This hasn't dissipated... any ideas?

JHK1984 said:
Had the same issue of permission fix hanging forever, but Busybox install seemed to resolve it.
But my intend of fixing the permission was to get rid of the warning message that I get after a reboot:
"System UIDs Inconsistent"
This hasn't dissipated... any ideas?
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Yeah, fresh install of rom or stock

icenight89 said:
Yeah, fresh install of rom or stock
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OK smart guy.
Anyone else?

JHK1984 said:
OK smart guy.
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That's a great way to encourage people to help you; insult them when you don't like their answer! *Sarcasm*

mrfeuss said:
That's a great way to encourage people to help you; insult them when you don't like their answer! *Sarcasm*
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Do a full wipe and install a fresh custom rom/stock rom... yeah that's a nice help.
I think I'll go suggest that to anybody having any problems in their Android phones.
It probably fixes their problem 9/10 times.

JHK1984 said:
OK smart guy.
Anyone else?
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lol